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Leonhard Euler - College Papers

Leonhard Euler

, (born April 15, 1707, died Sept. 18, 1783), was the most
prolific mathematician in history. His 866 books and articles represent about
one third of the entire body of research on mathematics, theoretical physics,
and engineering mechanics published between 1726 and 1800. In pure mathematics,
he integrated Leibniz's differential calculus and Newton's method of fluxions
into mathematical analysis; refined the notion of a function; made common many
mathematical notations, including e, i, the pi symbol, and the sigma symbol; and
laid the foundation for the theory of special functions, introducing the beta
and gamma transcendal functions. He also worked on the origins of the calculus
of ...

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molecular model. With Alexis Clairaut he
studied lunar theory. He also did fundamental research on elasticity, acoustics,
the wave theory of light, and the hydromechanics of ships.
Euler was born in Basel, Switzerland. His father, a pastor, wanted his
son to follow in his footsteps and sent him to the University of Basel to
prepare for the ministry, but geometry soon became his favorite subject. Through
the intercession of Bernoulli, Euler obtained his father's consent to change his
major to mathematics. After failing to obtain a physics position at Basel in
1726, he joined the St. Petersburg Academy of Science in 1727. When funds were
withheld from the academy, he served as a medical lieutenant in the Russian navy
from 1727 to 1730. In St. Petersburg he boarded at the home of Bernoulli's son
Daniel. He became professor of physics at the academy in 1730 and professor of
mathematics in 1733, when he married and left Bernoulli's house. His reputation
grew after the publication of many ...

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